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Rohit Sar

Rohit Sar

Investor, Co-Founder, Startup Mentor, and Operations Leader

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Joined May 2025
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Rohit Sar is a dedicated impact investor and entrepreneur with a strong focus on leveraging operational excellence for social good. His involvement with Nostos Homes, where he co-founded and served as COO, demonstrates his commitment to addressing humanitarian challenges through innovative solutions like modular refugee housing, even filing a patent for their design. He gained valuable early experience in social impact through his work with the Tata Water Mission, bringing clean drinking water to communities in need. medium+2
With a background in Manufacturing Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, Rohit possesses deep operational and project management expertise. This is evident from his role as an Operations Manager at Procter & Gamble, where he achieved significant cost savings by implementing technology-driven approaches. He further champions this expertise as the co-founder of Ops Matters, an initiative aimed at making operational skills a mainstream and essential competency for startup founders and operators. linkedin+1
Rohit is an active investor in the startup ecosystem, with experience across various funds including Picus Capital (early-stage fintech), Lightrock (growth-stage healthcare), Incubate Fund Asia, and SMBC Asia Rising Fund (fintech-focused). He combines his investment acumen with a dedication to mentoring startups and volunteering with university accelerator programs, highlighting his holistic engagement with entrepreneurial growth. indianstartuptimes+2

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Refugees need snappy homes instead of flimsy shelters

March 1, 2023

An opinion piece advocating for innovative design in refugee housing, drawing on the experiences and lessons learned from developing Nostos Homes.

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Homes, Hope & More.

October 1, 2022

A personal account detailing the inception and early challenges of Nostos Homes, highlighting the motivation and the problem they aimed to solve in providing dignified housing for displaced refugees.

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#2 Traction, Transformation & Team

October 1, 2022

A continuation of the Nostos Homes story, focusing on how the concept evolved, team building, and the operational model developed to convert the idea into a functional and manufacturable solution.

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